An enabling optimization for C++ virtual functions

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Volumn Part F128723, Issue , 1996, Pages 420-428

  Kuhn, Bradley M ^a   Binkley, David W ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic binding; Optimization; Virtual functions

Indexed keywords

BINS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM COMPILERS;

COMPILER OPTIMIZATIONS; CONSTANT PROPAGATION; DYNAMIC BINDING; DYNAMIC FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FUNCTION CALLS; NET EFFECT; VIRTUAL FUNCTIONS;

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84961297218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/331119.331419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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